Property Scatter Plot

The scatter plot tool lets you visualize relationships between any two material properties across the entire database. This is invaluable for identifying trends, outliers, and promising regions of property space.

Creating a Plot

Navigate to the Scatter Plot tab from the main dashboard
Select the X-axis property from the dropdown (e.g., band gap)
Select the Y-axis property (e.g., formation energy)
Optionally color points by a third property or by data source
Click Generate to render the plot

Available Properties

All numeric properties in the database are available for plotting:

Band gap (eV)
Formation energy (eV/atom)
Energy above hull (eV/atom)
Density (g/cm3)
Volume per atom (A3)
Number of elements
Number of sites

Interactivity

Hover over any point to see the material formula, ID, and property values
Click a point to navigate to that material's detail page
Brush select a region to filter the materials list to only those in the selection
Zoom with scroll wheel; pan with click-drag on the background

Color Mapping

Points can be colored by:

Data source: Materials Project (blue), AFLOW (green), JARVIS (orange)
Crystal system: Each system gets a distinct color
Continuous property: A gradient color scale maps a third property onto the scatter points

Filtering

Apply any search filters before generating the plot. Only materials matching your current filters will appear. This lets you focus on specific chemical systems or stability ranges.

Export

Export the current plot as:

PNG/SVG: Publication-ready static images
CSV: Raw data for the plotted materials
Jupyter notebook: Auto-generated notebook that reproduces the plot with matplotlib

API Endpoint

bash

curl "https://api.matcraft.ai/api/v1/materials/scatter?x=band_gap&y=formation_energy&color=source&limit=5000"

The API returns JSON with arrays for x, y, color, formula, and material_id fields suitable for client-side rendering.